Description of the structure:
It contains a vast cycle of important and rare Byzantine wall paintings dating from the 15th and 16th centuries.
The walls of the church consist of diabase stone build in random rubble with the use of mud and brick gullets, which are used to fill the gaps between the large stones and to complete the horizontal string line of each bed joint.
Extensive rebuilding appears to have occurred, around the beginning of the 17th century, involving the complete enlargement of the body of the church.
The third phase is dated to 1952 and it involved the raising of the outer walls to increase the height of the aisles and the addition of a new roof on top of the old one, which a noticeably lower pitch as a result of maintaining the old peak height and the increased outer walls.
Photos: (a) General view, (b) bell tower, (c) Detail of the base of the bell tower, (d) Old roof as it can be viewed from underneath, and (e) wall paintings
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